What’s on in York: Truth, Lies, and Forensic Alibis with AD Garrett

Acomb Explore Library :

Sat 16 Sept :

4.00pm – 6.00pm :

£7.50

Sept _16ADGarrettFind out how the real forensic experts deal with a crime scene – and how crime writers make sure they get the facts right. Examine the evidence at our ‘crime scene’, and chat with the writer and the forensic expert who together form the writing collaboration, A.D. Garrett. Pit your wits against the experts in this fun, friendly event and see if you can find clues that could help to solve a major crime.

A.D. Garrett is the pseudonym for prize-winning novelist Margaret Murphy working in consultation with policing and forensics expert, Helen Pepper.

Margaret Murphy has published nine internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers under her own name – both stand-alone and police series. She is Writing Fellow and Reading Round Lector for the Royal Literary Fund, a past Chair of the Crime Writers Association (CWA), and founder of Murder Squad. A CWA Short Story Dagger winner, her work has been shortlisted for the First Blood critics’ award as well as the CWA Dagger in the Library.

In 2013, writing as A.D. Garrett, Margaret began a new forensic series, featuring Prof. Nick Fennimore and DCI Kate Simms. Everyone Lies was a bestseller, and both Everyone Lies and the sequel, Believe No One, garnered starred reviews from Publishers’ Weekly. Jeffery Deaver commented, ‘A.D. Garrett has done for Manchester what The Wire did for Baltimore. Simms and Fennimore are complex, compelling, and just plain marvellous.’ Truth Will Out, the third in the series, is now available in paperback.

Helen Pepper is a Senior Lecturer in Policing at Teesside University. She has been an analyst, Forensic Scientist, Scene of Crime Officer, CSI, and Crime Scene Manager. As a Crime Scene Investigator, she examined over 3000 crime scenes, ranging from thefts and fires to rapes and murders. Later, as Crime Scene Manager for Durham Police, she supervised CSIs in over 50 major incidents. She is a member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, and has a wealth of experience in the investigation of crime, from simple thefts, to murders and terrorism. An author in her own right, Helen has co-authored, as well as contributed to, professional policing texts. She is a judge for the CWA’s Non-Fiction Dagger award, and is Forensic Consultant to both the Vera and Shetland TV series.

Website: www.adgarrett.com

Twitter @adgarrett1

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What’s on in York: Crime and Punishment ….. History Detectives Walk in York

 

York Explore Library :

Fri 15 Sep :

10.30am – 11.30am :

Free

WEAMeet WEA tutor Katie Croft in the foyer of Explore York Library and then accompany her through the city streets, learning fascinating facts about Crime and Punishment in York as you go. Please wear comfortable shoes.

This is a free activity but it would be helpful to bring some cash with you to purchase a drink during a short break in the walk.

Participants should wear comfortable footwear and bring raincoat or umbrella in case of inclement weather. The activity will only be cancelled in the case of very poor weather conditions.

Details of follow up WEA course available from WEA Yorkshire and Humber website.

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What’s on in York: Introducing Helen Cadbury..with Ruth Ware and Tom Harper

York Explore Library :

Thu 14 Sep :

6.00pm – 7.00pm :

£5

Sep _14Introducing Helen CJoin us for the launch of our Big City Read 2017. York’s own Tom Harper will be talking to bestselling psychological crime writer Ruth Ware about To Catch a Rabbit, their friendship with Helen and why the Big City Read is so important in sharing the joy of reading with people in York.

Helen Cadbury was a British crime writer, author of the Sean Denton series. She was born in the Midlands and grew up in Saddleworth, near Oldham. Helen worked as an actor, a drama teacher and in prison education. She also wrote poetry and plays.

Ruth Ware grew up in Lewes, in Sussex and studied at Manchester University, before settling in North London. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language and a press officer. Her début thriller In a Dark, Dark Wood and the follow-up The Woman in Cabin 10 were both Sunday Times top ten bestsellers in the UK, and New York Times top ten bestsellers in the US.  Her third book The Lying Game was published in June.

Tom Harper is the author of fourteen historical adventure and thriller novels, including Black River, Zodiac Station and The Orpheus Descent, which was York’s Big City Read in 2013.  He is a former Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association and of the Harrogate History Festival.  He lives with his family in Dringhouses.  His latest book is The Tiger’s Prey, co-written with Wilbur Smith.

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What’s on in York: Playgym at Energise

Something new for pre school children at Energise

PlayGym sessions incorporate simple gymnastics style exercises for toddlers and young children. According to the organisers, “Research has shown that movement and exercise are both beneficial for children and and that having the opportunity to take part in organised sessions which are tailored to the child’s individual age and stage of development, can have positive benefits on their learning and development”

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Festival of Cycling set to return to Rowntree Park

City of York Council is reminding people to get into gear for the Festival of Cycling when it returns to Rowntree Park on Sunday 3 September from 10am-4pm.

The festival is a renowned free event, with bikes of all shapes and sizes available for people to try out. Bikes on offer include tricycles, adapted bikes and tandems.

Cycle trainers will also be teaching young people how to cycle with a fleet of balance bikes on hand to get a new generation of cyclists on the road.
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What’s on in York: Val McDermid – Insidious Intent

 

York Explore Library :

Thu 31 Aug :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

£7.50

Aug _31 Val Mc Dermid JacketJoin number one bestseller and Queen of Crime Val McDermid as she returns with Insidious Intent, featuring two of the most distinctive and iconic characters in crime fiction: Tony Hill and Carol Jordan.

When charred human remains are discovered in the driver’s seat of a burning car, DCI Carol Jordan and psychological profiler Tony Hill are brought in to investigate. They soon discover that what appeared to be a terrible accident is, in fact, murder. Delving deeper into the case, they begin the dangerous hunt for a most sinister killer with the power to inflict untold fear and pain on their victims…

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